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Guess Paper – 2011

Class – IX
Subject – English Communicative

Time: 40 minutes MM 20

1. You like eating different cuisines and often visit your friend Rahul’s restaurant. You also know him personally. Write
his bio-sketch in about 80 words, using the inputs given below: (4)
Input:
• Runs a restaurant
• Quality food, different cuisines, reasonable rates
• Caters to different tastes, specializes in Punjabi food
• Restaurant hygienic
• Client satisfaction – main interest
• Diverse interests – singing, watching movies, discussing current topics
2. In the passage given below, one word has been omitted in each line marked with a blank. Write the missing word
along with the word that comes before and the word that comes after it in your answer sheet against the correct blank
number. (3)
From humble beginnings a rural French Canadian Eg. beginnings in a
(a)Hometown, Celine Dion risen to international (a) ________________________
superstardom. Born in Charlemagne
(b)Celine the youngest of 14 children (b) ________________________
(c)of highly musical family. (c) ________________________
(d)Her parents, musicians, operated a small club, (d) ________________________
(e)and weekends, the entire family performed and (e) ________________________
entertained the local population. From the tender age of 5,
(f)Celine sang her siblings. At the age of twelve, together
(f) ________________________
with her mother and alongwith her brothers Celine composed
a French song which altered the course of her life.

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3. Complete the paragraph that follows. Write the answers in your answer sheet against the correct question number.
(3)
Father : Why are you so late?
Son : I was invited to my friend’s birthday party.
Father : Wherever you go, you should reach home before eight o’ clock.

The father asked his son (a) ____________________________________________________

The son replied (b) ____________________________________________________________
The father (c) ________________________________________________________________

4. Read the extract given below and answer the following questions: (4)
In pursuit of his ambition, he worked hard. We had to give him credit for that. He borrowed training manuals and
stayed up late at nights reading them.
i) ‘In pursuit of his ….’ ‘his’ here refers to __________________.
ii) What was ‘his’ ambition?
iii) How did ‘he’ prepare himself for his aim?
iv) Name the author of the lesson ‘The Man who knew too much’.

5. Why did the other Privates live in ‘terror’ of Private Quelch’s approach? (2)

6. Why was the sergeant not enthusiastic about the interruption? (2)

7. How did the Privates react to his transfer? (2)

Paper Submitted by

Name: Dolly Dhawan

Email: dolly_dhawan@yahoo.com

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